We forget why we have entered a room because passing through doors creates an ‘event boundary’ causing the brain to file away what we were just thinking about.
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Each day, there are over 120 million sexual intercourse taking place all over the world.
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Drying your hands with paper towel will reduce the bacterial count by 45 - 60% on your hands. However, using a hand dryer will increase the bacteria on your hands by up to 255% because it blows out bacteria already living in the, conveniently, warm moist environment.
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Only 8% of the world’s currency is physical money. The rest exists only on computers.
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When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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The most children born to one woman was 69, she was a peasant who lived a 40 year life, in which she had 16 twins, 7 triplets, and 4 quadruplets.
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The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer.
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There's a company in China that allows you to hire someone to stand in line for you for $3-$5 an hour.
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